In another of those moments they don’t tell you about, I found myself gazing at the bathroom mirror trying to work out if my earlobes had begun to droop or not. It turns out that time is something of a bitch, or maybe it’s gravity that the real villain. Either way, there’s no doubt about […]
Ski-ing again after 10 years – things I learned
Things I learned from skiing in Scotland
On Saturday, Boy Two discovered that the strings attached to his snowboarding lessons were that he had to accompany his mother on trips to Glencoe when it suited her. “Really?” He said opening one eye. “Maybe later.” It was early o’clock on a Saturday and he had big plans with a box set and some […]
School shoes: Things I learned from being in charge of a centipede*
Show me the Monets
The shame… “Oh no, madam. The Monets are at Kelvingrove, we’ve got Manets, and Degas and lots of other stuff. But if it’s Monets you want, you’ll need to go elsewhere,” the lady with the badge at the Burrell Collection said gently. But her kindness didn’t soften it, Boy Three’s face fell. We were crushed. […]